So Much For 'Learning Lessons'

 The police farce that failed so badly over the Nottingham killer has been at it again:

Police failed to warn the families of three Nottingham attack victims that a mentally ill man obsessed with the case had been hunting for them – and allegedly played down the danger he posed.

The man, who had been sectioned and referred to the Government's Prevent programme over extremism, travelled to Somerset in an attempt to locate the families of victims Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar. He had also visited the GP surgery of Dr Sanjoy Kumar, Grace's father, after claiming he knew of a 'cover-up' surrounding the June 2023 attacks.Yet Barnaby's parents Emma and David were not told about the man's journey for 18 months, while the family of Ian Coates, the 65-year-old school caretaker also murdered by triple killer Valdo Calocane, say they were never officially informed.

This mystery man isn't named or pictured anywhere, so it seems we can be confident he's not white English, since that's not the sort of madman our two-tier police and NHS fall all over themselves to protect these days....but just like Calocane, he's wracked up quite a career: 

The man was later sectioned after threatening ambulance workers in London before absconding from hospital last October. Police eventually told the Webbers he was on the run, but failed to disclose his history of threatening behaviour or his fixation with the Nottingham killings.

Emma Webber said it was 'profoundly upsetting' that her family had been left without any safeguarding advice, particularly as her other son Charlie was attending school nearby. She added that the police briefing was 'fundamentally misleading' and said: 'We have been denied the right to protect ourselves.'

You'd be denied it anyway. God forbid you take measures in self defence that harmed a hair on the lunatic's head, you'd feel the full force of the law then! 

According to The Times, Nottinghamshire Police has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, which is already investigating failures surrounding the Nottingham attacks.The IOPC has apologised for not informing the families about its dealings with the man.

And no doubt that's the only apology you'll ever get. 

There Goes Another Old Tradition, Killed By 'Progress'...

That being 'the show must go on!'

Jonathan Bailey has announced he has withdrawn from West End show Sunday In The Park With George after his 'dearest friend' Ariana Grande pulled out last month. Ariana is performing her final ever show tonight (September 1) in London before she takes a step back from the public eye. Just hours before she takes to the stage, Jonathan shared a statement revealing his surprise exit in support of Ariana's decision to also withdraw.

He wrote on Instagram: 'Ari is one of my dearest friends, and my support for her is unwavering. 

To the point that because she is leaving he has to? And this is not a case of an actor relieved to have a reason to be out of a failing production…

'Marianne [the production's director] is extraordinary and one of my longest collaborators and friends. After much consideration, I have decided to step back from Sunday in the Park with George. 

'This brilliant, introspective musical has been a real passion project for me, and I feel incredibly lucky to have shared in its journey with this team. 

It can’t have been, if it can’t be ditched for so ridiculous a reason! 

'Among many things, the story explores the deep connection between George and Dot, a beautiful, devoted pairing, and I so look forward to seeing what the two actors who will now take on these roles will create with it.

'I wish the very best to the entire company, I will be cheering them on as they continue with this production. Jonny x'

Is it me, or  does no one have any hard work ethic anymore?

The pair will both be recast as theatre bosses actively look for new talent.

Hopefully they will find some who are grateful for the chance and with the ability to stick it out to the finish. 

Nowhere IS Safe In London...

Reform UK’s London mayoral contender Laila Cunningham has told how her children are “petrified” of going to Shepherd’s Bush after a fatal stabbing there.

The mother-of-seven launched fresh criticism of Sir Sadiq Khan’s record on crime after recent shootings and stabbings in the capital including the murder of a bus driver in Clapham.

“My heart goes out to the family of the person killed in Shepherd’s Bush...and to those injured. In a matter of seconds, families’ lives are changed forever,” she posted on X.“My own kids swim in Shepherd’s Bush. They’re now petrified of going there. And as their mum so am I. “We were there last weekend. It increasingly feels like nowhere is safe. 

Nowhere is, but your children don't really fit the demographic in most danger from stabbing attack, do they?  

“Week after week it’s another stabbing, another shooting, another family getting the phone call every parent dreads.”

“Sadiq Khan can keep telling us London is safe, but that means very little to families living with this fear,” she added. 

Most of the families getting this call will only be surprised their spawn is a victim instead of a wanted perpetrator. 

But Sir Sadiq has rejected claims of a “lawless London” with high numbers of shootings and stabbings.

That's the Labour way - flat out denial of what the public can see with their own eyes. 

Earlier this week, he hit out at Donald Trump and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK who have sought to argue that the capital is plagued by crime.

He posted on X: “The loudest voices online aren't always the most accurate. 

“New data shows our homicide rate is lower than every US state, while murder rates are at record lows. 

Because our figures are massaged by Labour's liars, perchance? Still at least our cops aren't shooting donkeys, just running over cows. I'm not sure what's better, frankly. 

“The evidence is clear: our approach to tackling crime and its causes works. It’s driving down violence right across the capital.”

But then along came Carnival... 

Doesn't Look The Type...

A self-proclaimed misogynist with a history of violence against women has been banned from accessing 'incel forums' and loitering near female toilets.

And no, it's NOT a tranny, although it might as well be... 

The 29-year-old self-described misogynist and member of an online incel group received the order at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court after he persistently breached the terms of several Civil Orders.

He is now prohibited from using any computers or mobile devices that can access the internet.

A good idea? Yes, undoubtedly! But wait... 

But Valentine can still access the internet if he notifies the police VISOR team within three days of acquiring a device and registers it with the team.Valentine must have the device's location and data on at all times and again ensure no relevant information is deleted.

By the time he's misused it, it's too late, isn't it, for the victim?  OK, you'll have the evidence, but so what? We have a prison space crisis, so he won't be put behind bars anyway.

In addition to the terms of the order, Valentine is not allowed to enter, use or loiter near any female toilets, changing rooms or women only spaces.

Detective Sergeant Paul Howell said: 'Valentine is well-known for his misogynistic hostility and violence towards women, and we are pleased to have secured this SHPO against him. 

'Even though Valentine has not been convicted of any sexual offences, this is a preventative measure to keep women and girls in the county safe from harm. 

Have you got the Social Media Flying Squad on it, then? However will they find the time for this as well?  

'This order will reduce Valentine's ability to further explore his ideology and gives police the opportunity to monitor his behaviour in the community to help reduce his risk of further offending. 

'Tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a priority for Gloucestershire Constabulary and we will do all we can to prevent crimes, bring offenders to justice, and protect women and girls.'

Really? It's not as though you've got a spotless reputation in that field, although you've gone overboard at times, is it! 

Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?

A police officer later exposed as a violent serial rapist passed vetting checks to join his force despite two existing reports of criminal behaviour against women.

What use are vetting checks that don’t work? 

Alan Greer was investigated by police in 2002 and 2005 for making inappropriate phone calls to women and in one case was given a formal police caution.But he was given a job at Strathclyde Police – now Police Scotland – in 2009 despite vetting staff knowing about his history.

Police Scotland had claimed there were no 'missed opportunities' to expose Greer's offending sooner...

Really? Surely they wouldn’t lie about such a thing? 

...but has now said its comments related only to the officer's police career, not his vetting.

Ah lying by omission. Or ‘clever PR’, as we no doubt refer to it these days…

Last month Lynn Ratcliff, assistant chief constable, said vetting was 'markedly different' compared to when Greer undertook the process and added he would not have passed current checks.

Is that another lie? Reader, it is, and an easily disproved one, at that! 

A Strathclyde Police handbook from 2006, which details its standard operating procedures, said the force 'should not recruit people with cautions or convictions, which may call into question the integrity of the applicant or the force'.

Perhaps Lynn Ratcliffe should come under sctutiny for lying to the public? 

A Police Scotland spokesman said: 'We have been completely open and transparent around information which can be shared in relation to the ongoing investigation into Alan Greer.

No you haven't - you've obfuscated and flat out lied at every turn so incompetently you've immediately  been found out! I'm embarrassed for you. 

No, This One's Not A Tragedy...

A killer who took part in the murder of a teenager 30 years ago has died, the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) confirmed. Donna Marie Brand, 47, was serving a minimum of 17 years at HMP & YOI Stirling for her role in the murder of 14-year-old Caroline Glachan.The SPS said Brand had died in hospital on Wednesday while serving her sentence, which she began serving in 2024 

.…it’s the justice she should have had, arriving late and via natural causes, rather than through the too-lenient justice system. 

On Thursday, an SPS spokesperson said: "Every death, whether in prison custody or in our communities is a tragedy for all those who knew and supported the individual."

Now, I hate some aspects of my job, burt at least it's not a job that expects me to state that it's a bad thing when a criminal kicks the bucket.  

Beg Pardon?

The bus seemingly crashed into the wall of Trident House, an apartment block next to Hayes & Harlington station.

There's no 'seemingly' about it, the photos show the bus embedded in the building. What do you think happened, given the bus is a movable item and the building isn't?

A London Ambulance Service spokesman said: 'We were called at 7.02pm today (28 August) to reports of a road traffic collision involving a bus crashing into a building on Station Road, Hayes, UB3.

Only one of them was in the road to start with, I think you’ll find… 

The Met police have been contacted for comment.

And probably said ‘Oh no, not again!’ 

Judge for yourselves, Readers: 

New footage shows the moment the bus came off the mini roundabout in Hayes, clipping a man crossing the road before going into the building. Somehow, the man got up and walked away. The bus carried on across the pavement and didn’t stop until it hit the wall outside the station.… pic.twitter.com/fNuuCrL5gy

— UB1UB2 West London (Southall) (@UB1UB2) August 28, 2026

Oh, But He Is...

...he's focused on the risk to his premiership and political career that the prison overcrowding crisis represents.

The Prime Minister is facing a new backlash after changing the policy to keep PC Andrew Harper's killers behind bars, but at the same time opening the cell door to hundreds of dangerous offenders .In yet another U-turn on the controversial scheme, Mr Burnham said anyone convicted of unlawful killing will be excluded. But to make the change, ministers are finding extra cell spaces by releasing inmates serving indefinite terms under imprisonment for public protection sentences (IPPs) – which were given to offenders considered a significant risk to the public between 2005 and 2012.

One of Mr Burnham's own senior ministers condemned the plans, saying: 'The Prime Minister has been too focused on media response rather than actual risk. 'He's bowed to public pressure over the reaction to PC Harper's killers and not focused on the actual high-risk, high-harm perpetrators.'Are those who've committed manslaughter likely to come out of prison and commit manslaughter again? No. But I can guarantee you that the obsessed stalker or domestic abuser will come out and relentlessly pursue their victim again.'

Well, no doubt you voted for this weak-willed vacillating popinjay to replace the fatally-wounded Starmer so the fact you've now realised your mistake gives me no pleasure, but as a Labour MP you'll simply have to deny reality, won't you?

Sir Robert Buckland, a former justice secretary, said: 'I know first-hand the crisis facing the criminal justice system in Britain, but changing the early-release scheme from favouring one set of dangerous criminals to another set of dangerous criminals does very little to protect the public.'

As if that was a concern for a politician who is guarded by armed police everyehere he goes in his chauffeured limousine? 

Mr Burnham said spaces will also be created by deporting foreign prisoners.

How? Most countries don't want them back and human rights lawyers backed by middle class white women will fight toothaa nd nail to keep them here.

Being Prime Minister isn't what you hoped, eh, Andeh? 

Tweet Of The Month

 The summer months always prove rewarding, and August is no exception: 

Blog Comment Of The Month

 From David Thompson's blog, this comment on a most peculiar phenomenon among the lanyard classes:

Post Title Of The Month

 Samizdata on words that are verboten only to some:

Quote Of The Month

 Fahrenheit 211 on the Nation Union of Journalists' capture by identity politics:

"Yes that’s where we are ladies and gentlemen. We are in a position where the nation’s lead union for journalists states that they no longer believe in a free press. How completely cooked is a union when it can’t stand up for basic principles or for journalists who follow these principles? At least the NUJ has given me the best reason I can think of for not wanting to be associated with them."

 

Post Of The Month

Longrider on the ridiculous Home Office pamplets that he's discovered are wrong on an aspect of the law relating to photogaphy into the bargain...

Handbags...

A trainee florist punched a fellow student then threw a drink at her in an argument over a Christmas wreath during a flower arranging class.

Silly, immature girlies...

Housewife Lorraine Jae, 51, assaulted Tracey Musker after she had a meltdown in a college classroom and grabbed her coat due to criticism of her coursework by their tutor.

Oh!

The court heard Jae, who is currently waiting for a hip operation, had no previous convictions. 

Sounds like they are planning on operating on the wrong end of her! 

Her lawyer Helen Clarke said in mitigation: 'The drink was in a carton - not a glass bottle or anything of that kind. 

'The argument involving the course tutor related to a dispute about her course work which the defendant thought she had done to a satisfactory standard. Miss Musker then got involved. 

'Clearly it was a short-lived matter and a heat of the moment reaction when the defendant felt extremely frustrated. 

'She had been studying the course for some time, it had not been the best experience and she had some problems along the way. 

'Nevertheless she persevered hoping to achieve a qualification as she was unable to continue other work she had been doing for many years. 

One wonders what her 'other work' might have been. 

'She thought this would be a new start but clearly it did not happen in that way. 

'Clearly this happened out of character and she has learnt her lesson... I can say from speaking to her she is sorry for what happened. She is apologetic to Miss Musker.'

They all say that! 

Ah, Back To Good Old British Bank Holiday Weather...

 

...and like Matt, I'm glad to see it! 

Sunday Funnies....

 Places to avoid on Tripadvisor

Priorities...

A mob of youths torched several cars and set off fireworks at a balloon release for one of the A66 crash gang last night. 

At least five cars were set ablaze in a horse field near Haswell, County Durham, with the startled animals looking on from the far side.The site was around 15 miles from Middlesbrough, where a wave of violence believed to be linked to the crash and local organised crime has forced police to draft in hundreds of reinforcements. 

The Daily Mail understands that the County Durham and Darlington Fire Service responded to the incident.

But not the police? Why did they not arrests these youth, who have kiiled two police officers with their antics? Surely they'd be given the support of the highest office in the land to do so.... 

Oh.

                                    

Andy Burnham labels cowboy builders 'crooks' who 'destroy lives' and vows to put them out of business.'They're crooks - and it's about time we treated them like it. So, today, we're putting the cowboys out of business.'

Maybe not, since our already-failing PM seems to think this should be a priority instead.

Hurrah, The Last Truly Useful British Police Officer Will Be On Duty!

...PC Rain, of course!

Notting Hill Carnival is almost here, with the streets of W10 just days away from being transformed for Europe’s largest street festival. However, forecasters are warning of a spate of rain showers that could dampen the festivities. BBC Weather is forecasting thundery showers from Friday, August 28, with rain expected in Notting Hill from 9am on Saturday.

Never has a threat of bad weather on a British bank holiday been so welcome! 

Temperatures will hover around 20C - significantly cooler than the blistering temperatures of this summer so far - with thunderstorms forecast between 5pm and 6pm. The thundery showers are set to return when festivities ramp up on Sunday, with heavy rain and lightning forecast between 1pm and 5pm, and again between 7pm and 8pm.

Will it be enough to prevent the usual effects of this wretched event? We shall have hope so, since the weather doesn't answer to Sir Mark Rowley and won't therefore treat these people as untouchables.

'...And Then To Solve The Chicken Loss Issue, Mr Reynard Will Guard The Henhouse!'

So while new and deeply disturbing revelations of widespread and illicit ‘family voting’ in Birmingham during May’s local elections will leave many Britons appalled, they come as no shock to me. As revealed by the Daily Mail in a damning report yesterday, at recent elections Birmingham City Council staff witnessed attempts to get round the secret ballot at no fewer than 50 of its polling stations.

Beleaguered electoral officers had to repeatedly tell voters it was against the law to enter a booth with a relative and tell them how to vote. Others witnessed one man trying to influence voting through ‘Islamic gestures, blinking eyes, hand signals’, and another clutching ‘all the poll cards’ for his family and ‘advising’ each on how to vote.

Well, then why were these people not simply ejected from the polling station and refused a vote? 

But, as I said at the time, what is going on is nothing less than an assault on, not just our democracy, but Britain itself. We are facing a major problem in this country, one which threatens to strike at the heart of everything we hold dear. It’s time to wake up and act. And I’m not alone in issuing this urgent clarion call. The official – and independent – election observer group Democracy Volunteers said it witnessed 291 potential breaches of the secret ballot across the UK at the May elections.

And what action was taken? 

In February, Greater Manchester Police took no action after saying it found ‘no evidence’ of the law being broken.

They didn't find any, or they didn't look at what was found? 

You can bet that if this is happening in Manchester and Birmingham then it will also be going on in Bradford, in Oldham, in Blackburn and in London, entire cities where elections are being rigged along sectarian lines.

But it seems that not only is the blatent disregard for voting law countrywide, so too is the police disinterest, at least until the pressure grows too strong to ignore... 

We are never going to save Britain if we don’t first safeguard our precious democracy. To do that, I believe the Government urgently needs to take three steps. The first is to dramatically restrict postal voting.

It should never have been expanded further than the slim qualifications that once applid. 

Secondly, we need to bring about an end to Commonwealth voting rights. Around 1.7million people from countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica and India – who, despite the fact that they are not even British citizens, have the right to vote at British elections – have, according to the Office for National Statistics, registered to do so. It is a practice which most right-minded people would regard as absurd.

Agreed, but you're up against the establishment that sees value in granting foreigners all the leeway they can, for purely virtuesignalling reasons... 

Finally, we need to take steps to ensure that what I and others witnessed in Gorton and Denton, and what has now been uncovered in Birmingham, cannot happen in the future. It saddens me to say this but if, as a democracy, that means we have to have police in every polling station standing alongside independent observers then so be it.

What use is having them there, if they are not interested in invesigating because they are as captured as the establishment?? 

Not A Very Swedish Name?

Liam Nebel, 18, was charged on Sunday afternoon after an 'attacker with a sword' stormed Brinell School in Fagersta on Friday, just days after classes had started.

 On Friday, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson described the attack as a 'serious incident,' and said 'we do not know what lies behind the act, but we know that police are working very intensively'.

It’s not love and goodwill, is it? 

'The investigators are looking into various online communities which might have egged on the suspect to carry out the attack,' a police source told Reuters.

Hmm… 

It took 10 minutes for police to arrive at the school after the alarm was raised. Police rushed into the school and shot at the attacker but did not hit him but managed to stop and detain him.

Time Sven and Bjorn went back for more range practice!

It's Not Even November Yet...

..and the Poppy Wars have started:

A spokesman from Swale Borough Council said: "Our licencing team has been allowing the use of the oppy and the Royal British Legion sticker on iCars’ taxis. 

"However, following a complaint, we checked the use against our policy, and it is not permitted under our Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 

"The policy was most recently updated and agreed in 2025 by our Licensing Committee and Policy and Resources Committee, following a public consultation which included feedback from the taxi industry.  

“The issue is not about the poppy or the Royal British Legion, which the council supports, but the fact that we received a complaint that the vehicle was not complying with our policy.

The decision sparked so much fury that the council acknowleded the 'oops' moment and is trying to row back now that the possibility of telling the single complainant to fuck off has passed by... 

“We are aware that iCars has removed the sticker and poppy and we are scheduling a Licensing Sub-Committee meeting to discuss iCars’ request for an exemption from policy. 

“The next Licensing Committee meeting will look at the policy to make sure that there is clarity on this issue."

It should be pretty easy to allow an exemption for this sole issue without allowing all and sundry to customise their taxis, shouldn't it? 

Just Euthanise The Dangerous Bitch...

 ...and put the owner in jail. Or vice versa, I'm sure the NHS will assist...

A dog owner will appear in court next week after her Staffie attacked a number of dogs at Withy Grove Park in Bamber Bridge. Kimberley Bond, 51, of Grove Street, Bamber Bridge, was arrested in July and charged with being in charge of ‘a dog dangerously out of control’.

And of course, instead of ending the wothless mutt then and there, it was seized alive to soak up taxpayer cash until the trial, as if it were a vital piece of evidence.... 

The silver female Staffie was seized by Lancashire Police and remains in kennels pending the outcome of its owner’s court case.

And as usual in these cases, the owner had been given a chance to retain her mauler, and didn't: 

The 51-year-old is further charged with failing to comply with a community protection notice in relation to the dog. 

Prior to her arrest, Bond was told she must comply with a number of conditions, including ensuring that her back garden was secure, that the dog was only walked by an adult and that it remained on a 1m lead at all times, whilst wearing a Baskerville muzzle. But according to local reports, the dog continued to escape and menace other dogs in Withy Grove Park - the largest green space in Bamber Bridge and a popular children’s play area.

And so it goes on and on... 

An HGV Will Be Along One Day To Pass Sentence...

I plead guilty.

 Oh good...

I have loved and used the streets of London all my life, as a cyclist, driver and pedestrian. Touch wood, I have done so without accident, blemish or insurance claim. Yet now I find myself perpetually on the wrong side of the law. Regulation has become bureaucratic and chaotic.

That's not unusual for a cyclist, is it? But they usually aren't so remorseful and just why do you feel you cannot obey the laws around driving? 

When I try to drive at the authorised speed of 20mph on many through roads, I am hooted at and overtaken by vans, cars, coaches and buses. And when I sit dutifully on my bike at a traffic light, I am jostled by swarms of cyclists riding through on red, furious at being treated as if they were car drivers.

So? As my mum was wont to say 'If all your friends jumped off a cliff, would you do it?' In fact, I bet it's something everyone's mum said, except apparently Simon's.

As for pedestrians, walking on many pavements is like taking a ride on the dodgems. Riders of ebikes and e-scooters ignore bans and expect everyone to move out of the way.

Bans which aren't enfoced might as well not exist, we all know this... 

I normally approve of anarchy. There is too much regulation everywhere. The great Dutch traffic engineer Hans Monderman boldly advocated “shared space” in cities. He wanted kerbs, road markings and traffic signals minimised and replaced by “human discipline”. All road users should navigate urban space by watching out for each other all the time.

In a cohesive and monocultural society such a thing is possible, but we no longer have one of those, do we? 

As a lifelong cyclist I admit to finding a certain exhilaration in riding a bike. I avoid main thoroughfares but like snaking through streets crammed with traffic, finding shortcuts through alleys and mews. But the essence of cycling is to keep moving. Hence I have to admit to sometimes doing what many London cyclists do at red lights. That is, look carefully, follow Monderman and “share” any unoccupied road space ahead by riding on.

And one day, you'll come a cropper. What a loss to journalism that will be! 

Ebikes now come in all shapes and speeds. It is astonishing that the sleek Freesky Alaska, with its 250W engine, can be treated as if it was just another manual pedal bike. To my mind, it is blatantly a motorbike. When a delivery driver on one careers past me in Hyde Park, I wonder if I took a wrong turning. These machines must be put on the roadway where they belong.

Since we can't uninvent them, I suppose that's the next best thing. 

Now, Now, You Know That's Not The Purpose Of These Investigations...

This month, the university announced it would open a fresh investigation after it said it received “new information” about Arday’s qualifications and career.Other elements of Arday’s life story were increasingly questioned, including claims of prodigious money-raising for charity and feats of long-distance running. He was also challenged about whether he was nonverbal until the age of 11, as well as being illiterate until 18. It is understood Cambridge has paused the investigation while Arday’s family are grieving, and will consider whether to reopen it in due course.

Is there much point now?  

Prof Simon Baron-Cohen, Arday’s friend and former colleague, told Times Radio he thought the university should proceed with the investigation. “We should see what we learn from it. This is the whole purpose of investigations,” he said.

Oh Simon, how naive! The purpose of them is to exonerate the people who made the errors in the first place.  The people who employed and lauded this liar and fantascist and published his every utterance when a moment's reflection should have had them scratching their head at the implausibility of it.

Andy Burnham, the prime minister, described Arday’s death as a “tragedy on so many levels” and urged a “moment of reflection”.

Yes, that's needed, a moment to reflect on the cancer of identity politics and the ruin they have made of all aspects of life, but particularly further education and the arts. But I doubt that's what he meant.

The vigil was organised by Arday's postdoctoral students and was held on Sunday afternoon. Kahn added: "Hold your friends close and know that we stand strong because we stand together. "Now, there is a time for anger, of justifiable anger, and that time will come - but today is not that day. "Today is about celebrating the life of a brilliant man, Professor Jason Arday. "Today we share the ways Jason made a difference in our lives and in the lives of those around us."

It seems it would suit some people to declare this man Britain's George Floyd, for racial reasons. 

She said there would be a "promise to seek justice" for him. Another student told the crowd: "Racism did this."

Is there no one who will stand up to the racial grievance industry that's being incubated in our halls of learning?  

More Accurate Headlone: The Definitions Of Each Have Been Stretched Too Far...

Racism and sexism have become normalised in Britain, the equalities minister has said, as she warned that young men were being sucked into violent misogyny by the “cesspit” of social media.

It takes extraordinady chutzpah to make a statement like this the day after the Home Office has had to publish pamphlets exhorting Third World invaders not to behave as if they were still in their foreign shitholes. Or just the typical lack of smarts that we can expect from this dead-on-its-feet Labour government under bodybags Burnham.

Bridget Phillipson said she was increasingly worried about how commonplace misogyny and racism had become, fuelled by online interactions and statements by politicians she said would not have been acceptable a few years ago.

Yes, obviously the real threat is in cyberspacee, not the real world, because you want to control it.  

Speaking to the Guardian’s Politics Weekly podcast, she said: “I worry that we are at kind of a ground zero in terms of attitudes around violence against women and girls. Things that not very long ago felt totally unacceptable are becoming normal. I think we’re seeing that in terms of attitudes towards women, and I think we see that in terms of attitudes around racism.”

Well, you're certaainly right that some people's attitudes to women stink but they're not always men, are they? Proving this cartoon right: 

She accused the shadow justice secretary, Nick Timothy, and Reform’s economic spokesperson, Robert Jenrick, of having made racist statements in recent years. Earlier this year, Timothy called Muslims praying in Trafalgar Square an “act of domination”, while Jenrick came under fire in October after the Guardian revealed he had complained he “didn’t see another white face” on a trip to an area of Birmingham.

“We had Nick Timothy, who said some appalling things about Muslim prayer. “Apparently I’m calling him names when I say that’s racist. I think it is fundamentally racist because I don’t think he would say that about any other group.”

Does any other group practise this arrogant seizure of public space for their religious devotions? No? Maybe thats why he doesn't say it.

The women and equalities minister also criticised the police for not taking violence against women and girls seriously enough.

Perhaps they are too busy with internal matters.  

All The News That's Fit To Print....

...and some things that have to be left out:

A Newquay man has been charged after a woman was allegedly struck down by a van and grabbed by its driver. Police investigating reports of an attempted kidnap in Andover in Hampshire, almost 200 miles away from the Cornwall town, shared a public statement yesterday (Friday, March 6).

The statement said 28-year-old Sean Haverty has been charged in connection with the investigation. He has been remanded in custody and was due to appear before Basingstoke Magistrates' Court yesterday.

But not under the name 'Sean Haverty' though: 

                    

 Isn't 'Safiya' a woman's name? Google confirms it. And 'Anna' leaves little doubt. So why is this not worthy of mention? 

H/T: Jenn via Twitter



Update:

When Haverty was first charged in March, police and local media explicitly identified him as a man and referred to him using his birth name. However, shortly after the trial began Judge Rufus Taylor informed jurors that Haverty had changed his name and was biologically male but that he was “presenting as a woman” in court. It is unclear when Haverty began identifying as a woman or formalized his new name, but it appears to have been following his arrest When Haverty was first charged in March, police and local media explicitly identified him as a man and referred to him using his birth name. However, shortly after the trial began Judge Rufus Taylor informed jurors that Haverty had changed his name and was biologically male but that he was “presenting as a woman” in court. It is unclear when Haverty began identifying as a woman or formalized his new name, but it appears to have been following his arrest

She Can't Stay In The Closet, It's Not Big Enough...

As you might know if you read my columns, see me a mile away, or talk to me for five seconds, I am a card-carrying lifelong member of the Fat Lesbian Club.

I wonder what sort of cards they carry… 

However, ever since I first laid eyes on the television show Roseanne (very important to me) as a small child, the actor John Goodman has held a special place in my heart. It was confusing for me: did I want to be Dan Conner, or be with Dan Conner? I’m still not sure. He has always been so hot to me, from Dan on Roseanne to Fred Flintstone to Walter in The Big Lebowski. His body has now drawn attention in the last week or so, after a photo of him showing significant weight loss went viral.

He looked ill. Of course the media was rife with speculation. 

It’s not Goodman’s 74-year-old body (his choice) I want to discuss, but instead the arguments that broke out about how he lost the weight. On one side there were many people congratulating him on his hard work. Then there were people claiming he had taken Ozempic so it wasn’t actually hard work, and then there were people defending that by saying he’d been losing weight for years, so he’d done it the “right way”, actually.

I don’t know the details and I don’t care, but none of this is good.

For someone who ‘doesn't care’ you’re rather dwelling on it.

I’m a fat person. We are constantly badgered and tortured by a society that tells us to lose weight, at all costs. If you’re fat, that’s a moral failing: you’re lazy and unhealthy.

Society has spent decades telling fat people that our value depends on our ability to control our weight. Now there is medicine that can make that control easier, and suddenly the problem is not the weight but whether the person has suffered sufficiently to “deserve” it. People resent us for being fat, and they resent us for getting thin.

My god, ‘Not The Nine O’clock News’ was spot on, wasn’t it? 

🎵"Don't stick stickers on my paper knickers..."🎵

...especially not these sort!

Two council cleansing workers were taken to hospital after falling ill while removing an “unauthorised sticker” from a lamppost on Morningside Road on Thursday, sparking a large-scale response by emergency services.A 30-year-old has been arrested and charged after a substance was found on a lamppost in the Morningside area.

What substance? No-one's saying! And these stickers seem not to be 'hazardous' at all, or so the police woulld like us to believe, which makes you wonder what the 30 year old has been charged with. And 30 yrar old what? Man ? Woman? The police say woman. Social media says different.

Police Scotland later confirmed the substance had been deemed safe following testing, reassuring residents it posed “no threat” to the public. However, emergency services were called out for a second time late on Thursday night following “additional reports of a potential hazardous material" near Hermitage Terrace.

 The colours are significant, I feel...

Police have arrested and charged a 30-year-old woman after an ‘unknown substance’ was discovered on a lamppost in Morningside. She is due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court at a later date.

The mystery deepens...

 

Well, It's Only Fair To Spread The Burden...

                              

....isn't it, Matt?

Sunday Funnies...

 Just in time for the release of 'Planet Zoo 2', I can only hope it doesn't have this level of realism...

Well, We Can Rule Out A Polar Bear...

..but does Paddington have an alibi?

In a rare kind of attack, a bear killed a man in Crystal, New Mexico, on Thursday, local police said. Authorities shot the bear, and the creature fled into woods near the scene of the attack. They said they ultimately found the bear and “neutralized” the animal.They neither identified the victim nor said what type of bear had killed him.

The only known species in the area is the black bear, Ursus americanus. 

North America generally has only a handful of fatal bear attacks annually.

That's not a lot of comfort for the deceased's family in this case, it it? 

As The UK Heatwave Dissipates, The Forces Are Marshalling for Next Year..

The El Niño event that is developing over the Pacific Ocean is likely to be the strongest in living memory, the Met Office has warned. The powerful natural climate phenomenon pushes up global temperatures and can increase the risks of extreme weather. Added to the effects of human-induced climate change, the Met Office is warning that it is "very likely" to mean 2027 is the hottest year on record.

I'd be worried, if I didn;t remember all the forecasts the Met Office made that didn't materialise.... 

There is growing evidence that weather patterns around the world are already being affected, with below-average monsoon rains in India and suppressed hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean. El Niño could put the UK at greater risk of a wet, stormy autumn.

Given monsoons and hurricanes kill people, isn't that rather a good thing? And a wet stormy Autumn is a typical season in the UK, isnt it? 

"We should be clear that this is an unprecedented event", said Prof Adam Scaife, head of long-range forecasting at the UK Met Office. "I have never seen an El Niño signal this intense in our forecasts."

Well, we'll see.  

Well, They Would Say That, Wouldn't They?

The programme, titled The Great ADHD Myth?, was broadcast on Tuesday and its host, NHS psychiatrist Dr Max Pemberton, concluded it was "a social construct, not a disorder of the brain". ADHD UK filed a complaint, saying: "ADHD is not a myth. It is not a social construct."

The Royal College of Psychiatrists also warned against "invalidating the condition".

Understandably, they have a business to protect. 

Channel 4 defended the show, saying there is "considerable public debate on various aspects of ADHD" and it "is legitimate for that debate to be explored and for conventional understandings to be challenged".

Once it would have been, but in 2026 that can be a risky business, as one professor has since found out. 

Another charity, ADHD Embrace, raised concerns with Channel 4 in advance, warning the programme risked "perpetuating misinformation about ADHD as a condition and discrimination against those families whose lives have been severely impacted by the condition".

But Channel 4 was not to be cowed... 

Channel 4 said: "Whilst the film does not seek to provide answers from one family's experience, their experiences have opened up discussion around whether today's world is equipped to accommodate ADHD behaviours and the ethics of medicating these, particularly in children and particularly when the long-term effects remain unknown."

Meicating children with little thought to the long term conseqequrances seem to be the way forward these day, that door has been well and truly opened.

Diagnosis rates of ADHD and autism have soared, and waiting lists for assessments on the NHS in England are at record levels, with lists even closing in some areas due to the huge demand. Research from University College London suggests nearly a 20-fold increase in the number of UK adults diagnosed with ADHD between 2000 and 2018.

Reduce the benefits and allowances associated with it if you want to see rates fall. 

Bodybags Sure Can Pick 'em!

The new farming minister fainted while visiting a refrigerated storage unit full of beef, it has been revealed.

Od dear. What was her name?

Stephen Morgan has been on a tour of farms and suppliers since being appointed.

Oops!  

...he felt ill when stepping into the room filled with shelves of meat from slaughtered cattle at a food processing plant in the Lake District. One local farmer, who knew about the incident, said: “He’d been shown large chunks of beef as well as some steaks but then he felt faint. 

“He said something like, ‘I don’t feel too well — I need a moment.’”

But it's OK, he may know sod all about farming, but his background in sociology and politics has made him a master of implausible excuses: 

The Portsmouth South MP explained of his wobble: “I felt unwell moving between the extreme heat and cold storage, and I’m grateful to all the staff at Lake District Farmers. 

“Hats off to the brilliant ­people working in these conditions and temperatures to keep the nation fed.”

When's that election? There was someone more incompetent that Starmer after all! 

All Part And Parcel Of Life In Our Capital City, Eh, Mayor Khan?

A man has been arrested after a woman was fatally stabbed on a street in London, and another rushed to hospital. The Metropolitan Police have launched a murder probe following the alleged attack in Shepherd's Bush, west London, on Tuesday. Officers responded to reports of a stabbing at around 8.19am on Askew Road, where two women, aged 52 and 32, were found with stab wounds.The 52-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, despite the best efforts of medical staff.

Just another example of imported savagery on the capital's streets? We'll know as soon as the names are revealed.

A man, 48, was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder at the scene of the incident.

Detective Inspector Richard MacKenzie, who is leading the investigation, said: 'Our enquiries continue at pace as we work to establish the full circumstances of this deeply tragic incident. 

'Our thoughts are with the family and loved ones of the victim and injured woman. 

'We believe this to be an isolated incident within a residential address, but we know it will cause concern locally. Our officers will remain in the area throughout today.'

So a domestic? And probably not a surprise to the neighbours either...

Should You Be Breeding If This Is Your Attitude To Your Babies Health?

Twenty-week-old Grayson easily could have become one of the tens of thousands of British babies left unvaccinated against polio. His mother, Lily, agrees with the principle of immunisation. But overwhelmed by the early weeks of motherhood, and suffering from post-partum depression after a traumatic birth, she was daunted by the prospect of a long journey to a doctor's surgery.

"I've been through the trenches, awake all night. You don't want to leave the house, or go to a different town."

Not even to protest your newborn against fatal disease? I know better than to wonder why the father couldn’t have taken the kid! 

Weeks ticked by, and eventually Grayson missed the polio and diphtheria jabs he was supposed to get at eight weeks old. By that point he was officially classed by the NHS as "overdue" for vaccination; effectively, he was on his GP's naughty list.

Then Lily realised there was a clinic practically on her doorstep - at a location she hadn't expected.That clinic - in Keighley, west Yorkshire - runs from a vacant retail unit at the Airedale shopping centre, a 1960s-era precinct that locals say has fallen on hard times in recent years, with plenty of empty, boarded-up units. The staff who created the clinic thought: why not use one of those vacant units to administer vaccines?

Well, marginally better than a self-immolating vape shop or Turkish barber VAT fraud outlet, I guess....

It's an imaginative solution to a national problem. Over the last 15 years, childhood vaccination rates have fallen across Britain. The share of five-year-olds in England who have received a four-in-one jab (which protects against viruses like polio and tetanus) is now 81%, down from 89% in 2014. About 84% have received both of their recommended MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) jabs, down from 88% a decade ago.

And no, the culprit isn't what you'd expect, either:  

Beccy Baird, a senior fellow at the King's Fund think tank, says that despite colourful media reporting around "anti-vaxxers", most parents who turn down vaccination are not ideologically opposed to it. Convenience plays a big role, she says; vaccination rates are highest when parents regularly interact with medics, who can remind them to get their children jabbed and tell them exactly where to do it.

Then make sure the GP service is there for them to do it, and not ring-fenced by barbed wire and dragon-like receptionists that make it impossible to get an appointment! 

There's Lily, the 18-year-old who finally gets her son Grayson his polio and diphtheria jabs. And there's Keeley, an assistant in a ceramics shop, who arrives with her baby Luca, and is impressed by the clinic's convenience, with no need for an 08:00 phone call or complicated online form.

See? Why aren't the GPs run like this?  

Most of the young mothers have come across online anti-vax posts. "I see these things on Facebook where it's like, don't give your child vaccines because it's got ADHD in them," says Lily. Indeed, Hussain says she still hears parents asking if the MMR jab causes autism, a full 28 years after a link was suggested in a now-discredited paper by the former doctor Andrew Wakefield.

And you'll no doubt hear it until a more convincing arguement for the cause of the rise in the disorder is discoverered. 

The clinic - which serves a relatively poor community - has vaccinated hundreds of infants since 2023, helping to boost coverage in an area that's historically had a low rate of immunisations. As of March this year, 88% of the children registered with Modality AWC (the GP practice that runs the clinic) now receive their first MMR dose by the age of 18 months, up from 78% three years ago.

Is it a 'poor' area in monetary terms, or educational ones? 

Oh, Wales...

A 102-year-old great-grandfather with dementia died days after he was allegedly pushed off stage in his local pub after making a noise complaint.

A 56-year-old man from Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, was arrested on suspicion of inflicting grievous bodily harm, and remains under investigation.

Another act of midless savagery from the Land of the Dragon Bully Dog... 

Philip is understood to have been visiting the pub for a drink when he went onto a stage in the venue to complain about the volume of the music.

Robert said: "He just asked them to turn the music down." He said his father turned around to come back down off the stage when he was pushed, and that resulted in a broken hip."[That's] the most upsetting part. He wasn't going to live forever but it's not a nice way, obviously in pain," he said. "We want to see justice, of course. "They must have known he was an old man. It makes you wonder what the world is coming to."

Frequently, yes... 

Det Ch Insp Shelley Comley, senior investigating officer for Gwent Police, said: "We understand the public interest in this incident but want to remind people that, not only is this an active criminal investigation, but there is a family at the heart of it processing the loss of a loved one." She urged people to "consider the impact that inaccurate or speculative comments" including "online commentary" could have.

This boilerplate has to be stuck onto every police statement now, doesn't it? 

The First Burnham Victim Goes Under The Bus....

Step forward, victim:

Ms Haigh serves as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and First Secretary of State, effectively making her Andy Burnham's deputy. The Prime Minister appointed the convicted fraudster to her powerful role, as well as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, after she masterminded his victory in the Makerfield by-election in June. Her position in the higher echelon of Mr Burnham's administration comes less than two years after she was forced to resign from former PM Keir Starmer's Cabinet.

And now we know why he took such a step, so he'd have someone to blame when things went tits up. 

Louise Haigh signed off on a nationwide emergency wildfire alert that startled millions of people across the country. Ms Haigh, who is head of the Cabinet Office, is understood to have approved the alert, which led to panicked Britons jamming 999 lines and startled drivers swerving across motorways.

Bullshit! Don't tell me a decision like this never crossed the PM's desk. 'Meet the new boss, same as the old boss', as the song goes...

The Conservatives, who devised the system more than a decade ago, said the alert was only intended to be used in cases where there was an imminent, direct and mainly localised threat to life.A Cabinet Office report explicitly warned against its use for 'lower level' incidents for fear of creating a 'cry wolf' effect, in which phone users either disabled or ignored the alert in cases of genuine emergency.

Indeed, I first heard this fot real as I headed out to a restaurant in Edinburgh for a birthday meal, because extremely high winds were predicted - and materialised! - the next day. 

The Government had initially considered sending a targeted alert to the areas which were most affected or at risk of wildfires. However, by the afternoon, Ms Haigh's department decided to release the alert across the country following calls from the Fire and Rescue Service, The Telegraph reported.

A request they soon had cause to regret. 

But the plea from fire chiefs soon came back to haunt them as emergency switchboards became overloaded by members of the public accusing their neighbours of having a barbecue.

But every cloud has a silver lining for someone: 

One unlikely benefit of the disruptive alerts was that dozens of prisoners had their hidden mobile phones seized after the loud noises blared out from inside their cells on Friday evening.

Oh. well. 

Is This Unusual?

 

Well, It IS Ireland, maybe they dom't bother over there if the cause of death is so blindingly obvious...

A seven-year-old boy is among four seriously injured people in hospital after a crash in County Kildare in which five teenagers were killed while driving the wrong way down a motorway. Two women are in a critical condition, while another woman and the boy are in a serious condition after the head-on crash. It's believed the injured family - two women aged in their 30s and one in her 20s, and the young boy - were travelling to the airport to go on holiday.

And this wasn't a case of teenagers driving like that because they got confused as some elderly drivers do, or were being cgased by police - it was deliberate. 

The five teenagers have been named locally as Joe Carthy from Athy, County Kildare, Alex McCarthy from Carlow, Kamil Pustkowski from Limerick, Jeremy O'Brien and Jack Kennedy, according to Irish broadcaster RTÉ News.

Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Micheál Martin said his thoughts and prayers were with the injured and the death of the five teenage boys brought untold grief.

Social media immediatly gave the lie to that, wirh many people quite happy that these hooligans had deleted themselves from the world, being notorious as thorough nuisances in their town, and the sympathy went to the innocent victims who were just trying to get away on holiday. 

Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly described it as a "horrific incident" and "irresponsible and dangerous driving". "What makes this reckless behaviour even more appalling is that in some cases it is being done for social media likes regardless of the potentially devastating impact it might have on innocent people and themselves."

Ireland's Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan said on Monday that he condemned "in the strongest possible terms" the "reckless criminal behaviour". "I also want to emphasise that anyone who makes the decision to drive a vehicle deliberately the wrong way down a motorway is engaged in lethally dangerous behaviour and it must stop," O'Callaghan said.

But why would they stop, whrn the police are powerless - or unwilling - to stop them, and they lack the brainpower to realise the consequences of a crash ayyspeed? 

And This Is A Progressive National Newspaper?

...It reads more like some girls magazine like 'Jackie' (Ask your mum):

Having hope in your heart is all well and good, but you also need to know when to give up. At a certain point it’s time to accept cold, hard reality: we’re never going to see pictures of Taylor Swift in her wedding dress, are we?

*shrugs* 

There are many reasons this matters...

There's none, actually. 

...and the first, admittedly, is plain old nosiness, with a side order of entitlement.

Those are reasons, yes, but none of them matter. 

Obviously she is allowed to keep her wedding private, but being denied a glimpse of the dress feels – insert foot stamp here – unfair.

Are you an adult woman? or a 15 year old girl? 

Seeing Swift in her wedding dress would have divulged more about the human being underneath than her most undefended lyric, exposed truths that carefully crafted interview replies have distracted from so far. Seems like the oversharing era was her maiden game.

Polly Hudson is a freelance writer

Makes sense, even the 'Guardian' hasn't sunk so low as to enploy someone to write like this full time! 

'Ms Carty is a complex person...'

Francesca Kolar, mitigating for Carty, said: 'The pre-sentence report highlights that Ms Carty is a complex person. She is grappling with several issues, with alcohol and mental health at the forefront. 'She has a real sense of shame about what happened. She does take accountability for her actions. 'It is plain that alcohol was the disinhibiting factor in this offence.'

Whar did she do? Only climbed over seats at Emirates stadium to grope a teenage girl during an Arsenal Women's match! So less a complex person, more a run of the mill sex offender.

Carty was found guilty of one count of sexual assault against the older girl but cleared of a second charge by a jury at Snaresbrook Crown Court. She was also cleared of two counts of sexual assault relating to the victim's cousin. Carty avoided jail but was given an 18-month community order.

So, multiple teenage girls in fact, even if the jury didn’t think so. Think there might have been more than alcohol circulating in her bloodstream.

Judge Leslie Cuthbert said: 'Instead of immediately admitting to your drunk and unpleasant behaviour you chose to suggest that the girls were lying, meaning that the victim and her cousin had to give evidence. 'You sought to shift the blame onto others.'

So Ms Kolar has lied to the court, shouldn’t she face consequences for that? 

She was given a restraining order which means she will be prevented from contacting the victim for three years and will have to pay £500 in prosecution costs.

£500 is a fraction of the true cost. 

Updating English Country Traditions...

 

...Matt leads the way!

Sunday Funnies...

 See, Disney could be traumatising childhood so much more...

And Then They Will Predict The Winning Lotto Numbers Too

Primary schools in England should be required to identify children at risk of leaving education at 16 without finding a job, a government review is to recommend.

How on earth are they supposed to do that?! 

Alan Milburn, who is leading a review into Britain’s crisis in youth worklessness, said he would call for sweeping changes in education policy alongside a shake-up of the benefits system to address the problem. Speaking to the Guardian, he said ministers needed to “make somebody responsible” for identifying and supporting the children who risked becoming Neet (not in employment, education or training) after their GCSE year up to the age of 24.

I suppose you can't make the parents responsible for breeding the hopeless little shits in the first place, not if you want their votes, anyway, 

“The warning signs are there from a very early, early age. You know, frankly from preschool,” he said.

 Apart from obvious chavnames and ghetto monikers, I can’t see what else would be a predictor of future uselessness…

In an interview during a visit to Dublin this week, the former Labour health secretary said the recommendation would form part of his final report into Britain’s youth worklessness crisis, which is expected this autumn.Britain’s young adults are bearing the brunt of a rise in unemployment, with the number of 16 to 24-year-olds who are Neet surpassing a million earlier this year for the first time in more than a decade.

No shortage of unskilled jobs, but it seems they are all being filled by those imported to work for next to nothing by this and past governments! 

Ironically, The Only Thing About Him That Isn't Suspicious....

The Metropolitan Police said in a statement: 'Police were called by the London Ambulance Service at 3.12pm on Friday, August 14, following a report that a man had been found unresponsive inside a property. 

'Sadly, a 41-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. His next-of-kin have been informed and are being supported by officers. 'At this time his death is being treated as unexpected, but is not believed to be suspicious.'

After days of questions from all quarters, he said: 'There comes a point when the personal cost becomes too great. I have a family. I want to be present for them.'

Guess he lied about that too. 

The message that the usual suspects want to get out is not that he was a DEI hire from the get-go and that the questions asked were relevant, but that the 'racist' white establishment is responsible for his death. 

Arday’s family said in a statement: “Jason was subjected to a campaign of sustained abuse for more than three years since he accepted the role of professor at Cambridge University by those who would leave no stone unturned in their quest to undermine him.

“We are in shock to have lost this amazing father, partner, brother, uncle and son. 

“We won’t comment further at this point beyond asking the press to leave us alone now, and to stop the campaign of harassment which has been waged against Jason and his family for too long.”

Every inveterate race hustler is coming forward now to (literally) flog their dead horse before the spavined nag's body is even cold: 

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: “I’m devastated for the family and friends of Jason Arday. He faced an unacceptable public hounding and campaign of abuse. I know many Londoners will be angry and upset this evening. “Jason Arday was the victim of a pernicious public shaming that other people in his position simply wouldn’t have faced. His death was a tragedy, but once again it should be a wake-up call for all of us.”

What are we supposed to 'wake up to', Khan? The practice of tokenism and identity politics that led to this?

Speaking to BBC Newsnight, Professor of Black Studies Kehinde Andrews and friend of Arday described him as "very down" after resigning from Cambridge. "He was very upset. He felt that there was no way out. He effectively wasn't leaving the house. He had lost a lost of weight," Andrews said. "There should be a wakeup call to just how bad black academics actually have it in academia," he added.

Yes, very bad, I'm sure. And the undeserved lionisation of this inadequate fantasist and liar will have made things much more difficult for them, as Longrider points out.

'We are perfectly reasonable people...'

Says who? A spokesman for owners at High Penderleath, a caravan site with a strict policy that campers cannot leave the site after 11.30pm unless it's for an emergency.

And yet the 'Mail' would clearly like us to believe that the people who chose to leave when they wanted to leave are in the wrong, are indeed 'entitled' people for doing so, who should be 'ashamed' for failing to comply with the prison's camp's demands.

This is the moment an 'entitled' married couple break a Cornish campsite's barrier at night so they can pick their children up from a music festival. The husband and wife were captured on CCTV spending more than an hour trying to lift the electronic barricade at family-run High Penderleath campsite in St Ives, which had been closed for security reasons.

Security reasons? It’s a bloody campsite, not a nuclear research facility! 

Appearing triumphant after causing £4,600 worth of damage, she puts her face up to the camera again and sneers, 'I hope your barrier never works again, you k*******s' before What A Fool Believes by The Doobie Brothers begins to play over the footage.

 I don’t blame her, but ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ by The Who might be more appropriate. But back to the commandant of Stalag Penderleath:

'What we don’t find reasonable is being left with a substantial repair bill because someone decided to disregard a security restriction rather than make arrangements with us beforehand.'

Just repeating the term isn’t going to give it any more gravitas, you know… 

Why Should This Be A Surprise?

A manhunt is underway for a child rapist who escaped from prison staff while on escorted leave. Restricted patient, Cliff Lyons Dobbie, fled from officers in Perth city centre on Thursday.

He wasn't at large for long, thankfully.  But why was he allowed out in the first place?

Dobbie has been held in secure facilities since 1990 after he raped a 10-year-old girl in Glasgow and sexually abused a 12-year-old boy in a field. He was admitted to State Hospital in Carstairs where he has remained since the depraved attacks.

Persuing hobbies like whinging about the rules.  No doubt with taxpayer cash.

Police have warned the public not to approach Dobbie and to report his whereabouts to the police if he is spotted. He is currently being treated as a missing person and the investigation to locate him is ongoing.

He's not a 'missing person' - he's an escaped offender. But should we expect anything more from the land where they aren't even sure if prisoners are men or women?